Benz[a]anthracene, 2-methyl-

• Formula: C₁₉H₁₄
• Molecular weight: 242.3145
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C19H14/c1-13-6-7-14-8-9-17-11-15-4-2-3-5-16(15)12-19(17)18(14)10-13/h2-12H,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: XPRFYYVRSILJDC-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 2498-76-2
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• Other names: 2-Methylbenz[a]anthracene; 2'-Methyl-1,2-benzanthracene; 2-Methylbenzanthracene
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Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

Ionization energy determinations

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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UV/Visible spectrum

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Data compiled by: Victor Talrose, Alexander N. Yermakov, Alexy A. Usov, Antonina A. Goncharova, Axlexander N. Leskin, Natalia A. Messineva, Natalia V. Trusova, Margarita V. Efimkina

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Gas Chromatography

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References

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Birks and Stifkin, 1961
Birks, J.B.; Stifkin, M.A., π-Electronic excitation and ionization energies of condensed ring aromatic hydrocarbons, Nature, 1961, 191, 761. [all data]

Akiyama, Harvey, et al., 1981
Akiyama, I.; Harvey, R.G.; LeBreton, P.R., Ultraviolet photoelectron studies of methyl-substituted benz[a]anthracenes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1981, 103, 6330. [all data]

Badger and Pettit, 1952
Badger, G.M.; Pettit, R., J. Chem. Soc., 1952, 1112. [all data]

Lee, Vassilaros, et al., 1979
Lee, M.L.; Vassilaros, D.L.; White, C.M.; Novotny, M., Retention Indices for Programmed-Temperature Capillary-Column Gas Chromatography of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Anal. Chem., 1979, 51, 6, 768-773, https://doi.org/10.1021/ac50042a043 . [all data]

Brack and Schirmer, 2003
Brack, W.; Schirmer, K., Effect-directed identification of oxygen and sulfur heterocycles as major polycyclic aromatic cytochrome P4501A-inducers in a contaminated sedimet, Environ. Sci. Technol., 2003, 37, 14, 3062-3070, https://doi.org/10.1021/es020248j . [all data]

Ré-Poppi and Santiago-Silva, 2002
Ré-Poppi, N.; Santiago-Silva, M.R., Identification of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and methoxylated phenols in wood smoke emitted during production of charcoal, Chromatographia, 2002, 55, 7/8, 475-481, https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02492280 . [all data]

Shlyakhov, 1984
Shlyakhov, A.F., Gas chromatography in organic geochemistry, Nedra, Moscow, 1984, 221. [all data]

Notes

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